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Valve gets another developer to work on Linux graphics drivers, starting with AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe, Jul 28, 2020

It appears that Valve aren't stopping their push to improve Linux gaming, as they just recently hired another developer to help improve open source graphics drivers.

Thrive, the free and open source evolution sim has a fresh release with save support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 28, 2020

After moving over to Godot Engine as the base for Thrive, the team behind this free and open source game of evolution have a new and important update available.

A System76 engineer is porting coreboot to newer AMD Zen systems

By Liam Dawe, Jul 28, 2020

System76 have begun providing more AMD based hardware for Linux enthusiasts, and the next step in their plan to be as open as possible appears to have begun.

ReplaySorcery is an open source instant-replay solution for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 27, 2020

Need a project to easily capture the last 30 seconds of action? ReplaySorcery might just be the open source project that you're looking for.

Sorting the mess of vendor specific lighting apps, OpenRGB has a new release

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2020

Having something with pretty RGB lighting and want to play with it on Linux? Often the hardware vendor doesn't bother with Linux tools or drivers but the OpenRGB firmly has your back.

SuperTuxKart has a fresh Release Candidate out for testing

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2020

The classic free and open source racer SuperTuxKart continues to mature, with a brand new testing release available with some changes to the tech used.

Widelands, the Settlers II inspired RTS has a huge Build 21 release out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 22, 2020

Widelands, a free and open source strategy game inspired by the classic Settlers II has now formally released the massive Build 21 update.

Linux support for ASUS ROG laptops is coming along nicely

By Liam Dawe, Jul 21, 2020

Back in April we revealed the ROG-Core project, with an aim to better support ASUS ROG laptops on Linux and it seems it's really coming along nicely now.

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is back, free and under the GPL

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2020

Before the likes of FTL: Faster Than Light we had Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, one of the first spaceship roguelikes and it's made a return.

Linux game manager Lutris gets a small update for Direct3D 12 using VKD3D-Proton

By Liam Dawe, Jul 20, 2020

The free and open source game manager Lutris had a small update focusing on having better Direct3D 12 support on Linux thanks to it now using VKD3D-Proton.

Gyroscope tool JoyShockMapper comes to Linux, Valve adds 'Flick stick' to Steam Input

By Liam Dawe, Jul 18, 2020

Own a gamepad / controller that has a built in gyroscope? Using it for first-person shooters might be about to get better for you with JoyShockMapper and Steam Input for Steam users.

FOSS OpenXR runtime 'Monado' gets Lighthouse positional tracking with libsurvive

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17, 2020

Are you as excited as we are about the future of VR and AR (collectively known as XR)? It's hard not to be with the excellent progress going on with Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime.

NoiseTorch is another tool to remove background noise while recording on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17, 2020

NoiseTorch is another recent discovery that can help you remove background noise in real-time while recording with a microphone on Linux.

Play the classic Super Smash Bros Melee online on Linux with Slippi

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2020

Super Smash Bros Melee, the 2001 title originally on the Nintendo GameCube is something of a classic and to this day it remains really popular. So popular, it has a dedicated project to play it online.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 needs your feedback

By Liam Dawe, Jul 15, 2020

OpenRCT2 is a fantastic reimplementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and the team are doing a survey to gather some feedback on how it's used and where to focus.

Open source space trading and combat game 'Naev' has a fresh build up

By Liam Dawe, Jul 14, 2020

Another wonderful classic free and open source game had a fresh update recently. This time it's Naev, a game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity.

Inspired by Settlers II, the open source Widelands has a new test build up

By Liam Dawe, Jul 13, 2020

Settlers II is an absolute classic and Widelands does a pretty good job of carrying the torch. Recently, a huge new update went out in the form of a Release Candidate.

NVIDIA open sourced part of NVAPI SDK to aid 'Windows emulation environments'

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2020

NVIDIA sneakily put out a little open source release recently, with a part of the NVAPI SDK now under the MIT license.

Open source voxel game engine Minetest has a new release

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2020

Inspired by Minecraft and Infiniminer, the open source and highly moddable voxel game engine Minetest has a new release available now.

More progress on Easy Anti-Cheat in Wine / Proton coming

By Liam Dawe, Jul 10, 2020

With the current in-progress community development effort to get Easy Anti-Cheat working in the Wine / Proton compatibility layers, they continually hit new milestones.

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